American football vs football

football vs American football

American football and football both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American football	Yes	No	No	No
football	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, football is a hypernym of American football; that is, football is a word with a broader meaning than American football:

American football: a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
football: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

Other hypernyms of American football include football game.

American football (noun)	football (noun)
a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays	any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
	the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

Difference between American football and football

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